LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 29, 2000 - 3 Family threatens to help prisoner scape hospital The family of a prisoner receiving treatment at the University Hospitals threatened to help the prisoner escape late Tuesday evening, Department of Public Safety reports state. Hospital security advised DPS that the prisoner, escorted by two correc- .tions officers, had a history of escap- ing from other institutions. DPS reported that there were no blems and the family members ere located in the area. Man injures foot on bathroom tile A male student injured his oot on a bathroom tie early Tuesday morning in a fourth-floor restroom of Bursley Mall, DPS reports state. oman reports empty refrigerator Numerous food items were report- ed stolen Tuesday afternoon from a refrigerator in the School of Dentistry on North University Avenue, DPS reports state. The caller said she did not want to press charges after making sure some- one else did not simply clean old food t of the refrigerator. ire extinguished in garbage can A trash can caught on fire Tuesday afternoon in the North Campus Pier- pont Commons, DPS reports state. .A fire extinguisher was used to put out the fire and no damage was report- ed. ylenol 4 tablets reported stolen Tablets of Tylenol 4 were reported nmissing early Wednesday morning from the Cancer and Geriatrics Center at the University Hospitals, DPS reports state. The incident remains under investi- gation. hicle struck in Hill Street carport A University vehicle was struck by a car attempting to park on the first level of the Hill Street carport ednesday morning, DPS reports state. All parties were contacted and pro- vided report numbers, DPS reports e. Student receives harassing e-mails A student reported receiving several harassing e-mails late Wednesday night, DPS reports state. The victim stated that the e-mails were sent from a former stalker. -The incident remains under investi- ation. urniture trashed in Mary Markley °Members of a fraternity allegedly cidstroyed and vandalized pieces of fui-niture in Mary Markley Residence Hall early yesterday morning, DPS reports state. Reports included destruction of a sh can, newspaper stand, water ntain and bulletin board and van- dalism of a door. The incident remains under investi- ation. Vomiting student cited for drinking A student was found sleeping and vomiting on the grass outside the Mary Markley Residence Hall early *terday morning, DPS reports state. Medical assistance was not request- ed but the student was arrested on minor in possession of alcohol charges. The subject was later cited ,Wntd released. - Comupiled h Dctili' Stuff/Rep erwi C'aitlin Nish. jWeek focuses on controlling violence By Arielle Harris For the Daily Hoping to promote awareness for topics such as verbal, physical and passive violence, the youth organization Victory Over Violence will hold a series of events at the University throughout next week. The group was invited to campus by the University chapter of Soka Gakkai Interna- tional and was endorsed by the Michigan Stu- dent Assembly. "We wanted to open up the 21st Century on a high note and felt that this would be a great opportunity to foster human rights through awareness of the causes and effects of vio- lence," said Masakazu Sueda, a member of the University's chapter of Soka Gakkai. The Youth Peace Committee of Soka Gakkai's U.S. chapter created Victory Over Violence week in August of 1999. Soka Gakkai was first established in Japan in 1930 and was internationally established in 1975. The group now exists in 168 coun- tries. Led by peace activist Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai is based on Buddhist traditions of pro- moting peace, culture and respect for all liv- ing beings. "Our main philosophy at (Soka Gakkai International) is called Human Revolution, which is to change ourselves from within, in order to change our environment and this phi- losophy is incorporated into Victory Over Violence. Each human being is precious and has infinite potential," Sueda said. Victory Over Violence Week was declared by both the United Nations and Ann Arbor "Each human being is precious and has infinite potential." - Masakazu Sueda Soka Gakkai member The events will focus on educating youth using various methods to help them under- stand, recognize and eliminate all forms of violence, both physical and verbal, Victory Over Violence Week co-Chair Linda Brooks said. Many of the events in the upcoming week will be utilizing open conversation and a question and answer approach to confront the issues of physical, verbal and passive vio- lence. A panel discussion, scheduled for Thurs- day, will be led by Elaine Eason-Steele, co- founder of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Insti- tute for Self Development and Grace Boggs, a first-generation Chinese American who has been a speaker, writer and activist in the African American community for more than 55 years. The week will finish off next Saturday with a cultural celebration featuring jazz perfor- mances by artists including Ernestine Ander- son, Mike Clark and Nestor Torres, and Buster Williams. Mayor Ingrid Sheldon to first week of October. take place in the A barrel of fun U. Penn professors speak about women and gender By Karen Schwartz bor the Daily University of Pennsylvania Prof. Kathryn Edin found her dissertation topic by accident. Talking to four welfare recipients in the basement of a Chicago church, Edin remembers one woman telling her, "There's a lot of month left at the end of the money." That message stuck with Edin and made her realize that people's econom- ic situations and the research reported about them just didn't match. Since then, Edin has been working with low-income individuals to con- duct qualitative research on the bottom five percent of the economic distribu- tion and their relationships within the family. Edin and colleague, Prof. Paula England spoke yesterday at the Rack- ham Graduate School to explore gen- der, power and love in male-female relationships from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives to show how the two methods could be com- bined. Edin said the common approach to the topic ignores the extremes. "Theories and policy are developed for the whole population, which is dominated by the middle class," she said. "They forget that people at the extremes aren't like everybody else." Edin says herresearch is instead based on case studies, allowing- her to examine the lives of the type of people who are often missed. While Edin said her research starts with interviews and conversations to see how and if people fit theories, Eng- land's quantitative research starts with a theory and then tests it. "We're comparing what we've learned from two different kinds of research," England said. "We came today to talk about how to understand what's going on in the American fami- ly." By looking at money as a source of' control and power, England said she found the person bringing the money to the relationship holds the power because it is something that could be revoked. "You can push harder in the bargain- ing if you are self-stable," she said. Abigail Steward, director of the Institute for Research on Women ahd Gender, said she thought it was beneti- cial to discuss the issue using both quantitative and qualitative analysis. "These issues as a whole are things ordinary citizens need to consider. It's important to ask 'what's being left out here' and not just see one perspective." The discussion was one of the events in a four-part series explorig research of gender, work and family. The next lecture is scheduled to take place Oct. 12, from 4-5:30 at the samie location. The series is sponsored by the Rack- ham Interdisciplinary Seminars of the Rackham Graduate School, the Insti- tute for Research on Women and Gen- der and the Institute for Social Research together with the Program in Women's Studies and the Center for Afiroamerican and African Studies. Netanyahu tells Michigan CARREL MC( LL . LSA sophomores Nick Juhle and Atishay Chopra work together to get a keg of beer up their porch steps yesterday afternoon. Ford to let CUstoers choose vehile S audience heg BENTON HARBOR (AP) - Former Israeli Prime Min- ister Benjamin Netanyahu, cleared of criminal charges in a corruption probe, says he had expected vindication because he "got a bum rap." Netanyahu made the comment in Benton Harbor on Wednesday, shortly after Israel's attorney general said he was refusing to prosecute the ex-leader.+ Netanyahu, who led Israel in 1996-99, addressed 1,200 people at the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan in Benton Harbor. After the speech, an audience member asked if he had expected to be cleared. "Yes, because I got a bum rap," he replied. Netanyahu avoided talk about his future. While introducing Netanyahu at Lake Michigan College, economic club President Michael Cook said polls show ; Netanyahu would beat Prime Minister Ehud Barak if the 1 election were held today. - -.d t a bum rap' "If I run," Netanyahu interrupted. Barak beat Netanyahu in a 1999 election. His speech dealt with freedom, democracy and a techno- logical age that he said would benefit both, The Herald Pal- ladium of St. Joseph reported. "I think most of the world is moving from dictatorship to democracv, lie said. "Satellites, the Internet and the spread of technology" are bringing it even to Iran and China. "Where you have information, you have choice,"ihe said. On Wednesday, Israeli Attorney General Elyakim Rubin- stein rejected a police recommendation to put Netanyahu on trial for allegedly conspiring with a government contractor in a kickback scheme, illegally keeping gifts and obstruct- ing justice. Rubinstein ruled that there was insufticient evidence to assure a conviction, but he sharply criticized Netanyahu's behavior in office, saying that it "had an element of ugh- ness." DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. said yesterday it will let cus- tomners decide whether the next ver- sion of its Explorer sport utility vehicle rides on Firestone tires. The move comes as both compa- nies' images have been battered by a recall of 6.5 million tires, most of them installed as standard equipment on Explorers, which have been linked to at least 101 deaths and more t han 400 injuries. Soni Ford dealers are already r~orting that some buyers are unwilling to accept Explorers with Firestone tires. Ford has lined up Michelin as a suppl ier and is in talks with Goodyear, Ford spokeswoman Della DiPietro said. The moves put more distance between Ford's flagship product and Nashville, Tenn.-based Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., which had been the sole supplier of Explor- er tires. A Bridgestone/Firestone spokes- woman said the tire maker would provide 70 percent of the Explorer tire production when the vehicle launches early next year, with Michelin handling the other 30 per- cent. DiPietro disputed Bridgestone/Fire- stone's assertion, saying the breakdown was completely up to customers. DiiPietro said Michelins would be available for customers when the SUV hits dealerships. She said the automaker had decid- ed to use Michelin as a supplier for the 2002 Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer we Cll before the Aug. 9 recall. Dealers and customers Nw1ho place orders will be able to specify the type of tires, but it's not clear how the choice will be handled for vehi- cles sitting on dealer lots. DiPietro declined to speculate on how many tires each company will Prov idte. She said Ford had asked the tire makers to be flexible with their pro- duction. "'hat «ill be a marketplace deci- sion.' she said. While automakers often offer cus- tomers a choice of tire sizes for a vehicle, it's rare for them to offer a choice of tire brands in the same size. DiPietro said the automaker would consider making similar options available on other vehicles over the next three years. Bridgestone Firestone has said that problems with its Firestone ATX and Wilderness AT tires are largely confined to quality-control issues at its Decatur, Ill., plant. But documents from a lawsuit in Georgia showed that between 1990 and 1995, Firestone customers complained about tread separations in tires made at the company's Wil= son, N.C., factory more often than in tires made at other Firestone plants. A First-ClassI THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor this weekend FRIDAY SATURDAY SERVICES . .. h Annual Cnnfernance of Michigan Camnus Information Centers. Northern Trust is all about class, from our commitment to our clients, to the depth and breadth of our career development tracks for our newest employees. Find out how we can maximize your full career potential when you become a member of one of our Development Programs in: Corporate & Institutional Services Personal Financial Services Summer Interns What's comin8 up? 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